The first book entirely dedicated to the topic emphasizes the relation between basic research and actual processing technologies. As such, it covers complex microstructures down to the nanometer scale, structure/property relationships and potential applications in key industries.

From the contents:

Constitution
Thermophysical Constants
Phase Transformations and Microstructures
Deformation Behaviour
Strengthening Mechanisms
Creep
Fracture Behaviour
Fatigue
Oxidation Resistance and Related Issues
Alloy Design
Ingot Production and Component Casting
Powder Metallurgy
Wrought Processing
Joining
Surface Hardening
Applications and Component Assessment

Autorentext
Fritz Appel has continued to play an active role in TiAl research since his retirement in 2006 as group leader of physical metallurgy. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1973 and his habilitation in 1987 from the Martin-Luther University in Halle, Germany. He spent six months in Japan on a JSPS fellowship in 1987, joining the GKSS Research Center in Geesthacht in 1990. Dr. Appel received the Tammann Award from the German Society for Materials Science in 1999 and the Charles Hatchett Award in 2002 from the Institute of Materials, London. He has published over 160 papers, given over 80 invited lectures and holds six patents in the field.

Jonathan Paul has been a member of the Institute of Materials Research in Geesthacht since 1999. He obtained his Ph.D. from Manchester University in 1990, and after a year of postdoctoral research, moved to the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique at Saclay in 1993. Between 1995 and 1997 he worked as a research fellow at GKSS, before being employed at the Defence Evaluation Research Agency (formerly known as the Royal Aircraft Establishment, now re-named QinetiQ) within the Structural Materials Centre in Farnborough. Dr. Paul received the Vanadium Award in 1995 and the Charles Hatchett Award in 2002, both from the Institute of Materials, London. He has co-authored and authored a number of publications and holds four patents.

Michael Oehring works in the physical metallurgy group at the Institute of Materials Research in Geesthacht. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Gottingen, Germany, where he remained until 1989, working in the area of field ion microscopy. He then joined the applied physical metallurgy group at GKSS, where he remained until 1993, before transferring to the group headed by Fritz Appel. Dr. Oehring received the Charles Hatchett Award in 2002 from the Institute of Materials, London, and has authored or co-authored over 100 papers as well as five patents.

Inhalt
Preface

INTRODUCTION

CONSTITUTION
The Binary Ti-Al Phase Diagram
Ternary and Multicomponent Alloy Systems

THERMOPHYSICAL CONSTANTS
Elastic and Thermal Properties
Point Defects
Diffusion

PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AND MICROSTRUCTURES
Microstructure Formation on Solidification
Solid State Transformations

DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF SINGLE-PHASE ALLOYS
Single-Phase Gamma(TiAl) Alloys
Deformation Behavior of Single-Phase Alpha2(Ti3Al) Alloys
Beta/B2 Phase Alloys

DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF TWO-PHASE ALPHA(Ti3Al) + GAMMA(TiAl) ALLOYS
Lamellar Microstructures
Deformation Mechanisms, Contrasting Single-Phase and Two-Phase Alloys
Generation of Dislocations and Mechanical Twins
Glide Resistance and Dislocation Mobility
Thermal and Athermal Stresses

STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS
Grain Refinement
Work Hardening
Solution Hardening
Precipitation Hardening
Optimized Nb-Bearing Alloys

DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF ALLOYS WITH A MODULATED MICROSTRUCTURE
Modulated Microstructures
Misfitting Interfaces
Mechanical Properties

CREEP
Design Margins and Failure Mechanisms
General Creep Behavior
The Steady-State or Minimum Creep Rate
Effect of Microstructure
Primary Creep
Creep-Induced Degradation of Lamellar Structures
Precipitation Effects Associated with the Alpha2 -> Gamma Phase Transformations
Tertiary Creep
Optimized Alloys, Effect of Alloy Composition and Processing
Creep Properties of Alloys with a Modulated Microstructure

FRACTURE BEHAVIOR
Length Scales in the Fracture of TiAl Alloys
Cleavage Fracture
Crack-Tip Plasticity
Fracture Toughness, Strength, and Ductility
Fracture Behavior of Modulated Alloys
Requirements for Ductility and Toughness
Assessment of Property Variability

FATIGUE
Definitions
The Stress-Life (S-N) Behavior
HCF
Effects of Temperature and Environment on the Cyclic Crack-Growth Resistance
LCF
Thermomechanical Fatigue and Creep Relaxation

OXIDATION BEHAVIOR AND RELATED ISSUES
Kinetics and Thermodynamics
General Aspects Concerning Oxidation
Summary

ALLOY DESIGN
Effect of Aluminum Content
Important Alloying Elements -
General Remarks
Specific Alloy Systems
Summary

INGOT PRODUCTION AND COMPONENT CASTING
Ingot Production
Casting
Summary

POWDER METALLURGY
Prealloyed Powder Technology
Elemental-Powder Technology
Mechanical Alloying

WROUGHT PROCESSING
Flow Behavior under Hot-Working Conditions
Conversions of Microstructure
Workabiliy and Primary Processing
Texture Evolution
Secondary Processing

JOINING
Diffusion Bonding
Brazing and Other Joining Technologies

SURFACE HARDENING
Shot Peening and Roller Burnishing
Residual Stresses, Microhardness, and Surface Roughness
Surface Deformation Due to Shot Peening
Phase Transformation, Recrystallization, and Amorphization
Effect of Shot Peening on Fatigue Strength
Thermal Stability of the Surface Hardening

APPLICATIONS, COMPONENT ASSESSMENT, AND OUTLOOK
Aerospace
Automotive
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